| Yong
Cai Department of Chemistry Florida International University University Park Miami, Florida 33199 Phone: 305-348-6210 Fax: 305-348-3772 Web Site: www.fiu.edu/~ebacg Email: cai@fiu.edu |
Biography
Education
| B. S. | (1982) | Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Ocean University of Qingdao. |
| M. S. | (1986) | Environmental Chemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences/Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, P.R. China. |
| Ph.D. | (1989) | Environmental Chemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, Nankai University, 300071 Tianjin, P.R. China. |
Research Interests
Dr. Cai's research interests are in the field of environmental and bioanalytical chemistry of trace metals and organometallic compounds, which include the development of new analytical techniques for speciation of metals and metalloids, and their fate and transport in the environmental and biological systems. His current research is focused on 1) the study of arsenic in soil-plant systems, including the development of speciation techniques and the study of mechanisms of arsenic accumulation and detoxification in arsenic hyperaccumulating plants; 2) the study of the environmental and public health impact of arsenic from anthropogenic sources such as CCA-treated wood and applications of arsenic-containing herbicides in golf courses; and 3) the study of the fate and transport of trace metals and metalloids in the South Florida Ecosystems, especially the biogeochemical cycling of mercury in the Everglades.
Recent Publications
Weihua Zhang, Yong Cai, C. Tu, and L.Q. Ma, Arsenic speciation and distribution in an arsenic hyperaccumulating plant, Sci. Total Environ, 2002, in press.
Yong Cai, Lena Q. Ma, Metal Tolerance, Accumulation and Detoxification in Plants with Emphasis on Arsenic in Terrestrial Plants, In Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements, Eds., Yong Cai and Olin Braids, Oxford University Press, in press.
Yong Cai, J. Cabrera, M. Georgiadis, J. Jayachadran, Assessment of arsenic mobility in South Florida golf courses, Sci. Total Environ. 2002, 291, 123-134.
L.Q. Ma,
K.M. Komar, C. Tu, Weihua Zhang, and Yong Cai, and E.D. Kennelley,
A fern that hyperaccumulates arsenic, Nature, 2001, 409, 579.
